University of Calgary : Manufacturing Engineering ENMF

Manufacturing Engineering ENMF

ENMF 605 607 609 613 619 621 623 698 713

Instruction offered by members of the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in the Schulich School of Engineering.

Department Head – R. Brennan

Co-Director (Manufacturing Engineering Program) – L. Sudak, A. Budiman

Co-Director (Graduate Program, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) - T. Freiheit

Graduate Courses

Manufacturing Engineering 605

Planning and Control of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

Advanced techniques for the design, planning, and control of integrated manufacturing systems. Course elements include: a framework for manufacturing planning and control; data flow and structured modelling methodologies; hierarchical models of manufacturing; cellular manufacturing organization; databases and communications; forecasting, demand management, capacity planning and master production scheduling; materials requirements planning, manufacturing resource planning, Just-in-Time manufacture, and Optimized Production Technology; control of independent demand inventory items; production activity control, shop floor control, scheduling, order release and dispatching; simulation in planning and control.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)

Manufacturing Engineering 607

Total Quality Management

Statistical Process Control (SPC) for discrete and continuous manufacturing processes. Acceptance Sampling. Process capability analysis. Introduction to design of experiments (DOE). Overview of quality economics, quality standards and management philosophy.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)

Manufacturing Engineering 609

Design and Analysis of Experiments

Statistical Design of Experiments (DOE) techniques for efficient data collection, analysis and interpretation. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), including blocking and nesting, in full and fractional factorial designs. Robust design, including classical response surface and Taguchi techniques. Applications to product and process improvement.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)

Manufacturing Engineering 613

Research Seminar I

Reports on studies of the literature or of current research. This course is compulsory for all MSc and thesis-route MEng students and must be completed before the thesis defence.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3S-0)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

Manufacturing Engineering 619

Special Problems in Manufacturing Engineering

Designed to provide graduate students, especially at the PhD level, with the opportunity of pursuing advanced studies in particular areas under the direction of a faculty member. Students would be required to consider problems of an advanced nature.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT

Manufacturing Engineering 621

Optimization Methods with Robotics Applications

Designed for graduate and senior undergraduate students interested in advanced topics in robotics. Based on the students' research topics, contents may vary. These include: fundamental theory in robotics, mathematical toolbox for optimization, differential kinematics, kinematics and actuation redundancy, optimal control, co-operating manipulators, redundancy in force sensing and sensor fusion.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)

Manufacturing Engineering 623

CAD/CAM/CAE

Components of CAD/CAM/CAE systems. Geometric modelling. Development of customized CAD systems. Complex shape modelling. Computer-aided process planning. CNC machining. Rapid prototyping. Finite element analysis and motion analysis. Engineering optimization. Virtual design and manufacturing.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3-0)

Manufacturing Engineering 698

Graduate Project

Individual project in the student's area of specialization under the guidance of the student's supervisor. A written proposal, one or more written progress reports, and a final written report are required. An oral presentation is required upon completion of the course. Open only to students in the MEng (courses only) program.
Course Hours: 6 units; F(0-4)

Manufacturing Engineering 713

Research Seminar II

Reports on studies of the literature or of current research. This course is compulsory for all PhD students and must be completed before the candidacy examination.
Course Hours: 3 units; H(3S-0)
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA

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